Date: March 3, 2012
Source: Rolling Stone Magazine
News Item: Afrojack on His Debut Album, His Hair and Working With Friends

‘I like the storytelling of instrumental club tracks way more than doing pop songs,’ the DJ says

“I want to keep it really true to myself and to my roots,” Nick van de Wall, better known as Afrojack, tells Rolling Stone of his vision for the debut album he hopes to release this September. The 24-year-old Dutch DJ and producer first introduced Americans to his dense, aggressive electro sound with the 2010 club smash “Take Over Control,” before becoming a mainstream chart-topping presence when he teamed up with Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer for last year’s mega-single “Give Me Everything.” Afrojack is now back at home in Holland, after spending the better part of this year holed up at Hollywood’s Paramount Studio writing and producing tracks, many of which will find a home on his first full-length release. (Click link to read more)

Source: Rolling Stone Magazine

Date: December 27, 2011
Source: Rolling Stone Magazine
News Item: The Dance Music Producers of the Moment

From David Guetta to Afrojack, here are the artists who are responsible for dance’s new mainstream popularity

Electronic dance music (or EDM) has become an undeniable staple of pop music in the last twoyears: Over half of the current Billboard Top 10 singles are now spiced with a pulsating electro-dance flavor, and these days, even an Adele jam gets the remix treatment. As electronic music began invading radio, its creators – DJ’s with a knack for melding house music thump with pop’s uppity fizz – took to the studio to help pop stars craft the fist-pumping dance jams we now see dominating the airwaves. But since most of the dance genre’s top dogs are still relatively anonymous, we’ve broken down everything you need to know about these party-starters, from head honchos David Guetta and RedOne to wunderkinds Afrojack and DJ Chuckie. (click link to read more)

Source: Rolling Stone Magazine